Democratic Alliance Grades Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga and Fails Her Department

• The Democratic Alliance (DA) was not pleased with the performance of Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga
• DA Shadow Minister of Basic Education Baxolile Nodada gave Motshekga and her department a C, two Ds and three Fs
• Nodada’s remarks came after the DA disputed the matric pass rate, saying it was 54.6% and not 80.1%

JOHANNESBURG - The Democratic Alliance (DA) gave a scathing review of Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga and her department’s performance.

The opposition party's Shadow Minister of Basic Education Baxolile Nodada rated Motshekga poorly in various sectors. Nodada gave the minister a D for the foundation phase outcomes due to learners being behind in literacy and numeracy skills since the pandemic.

Angie was given an F for teacher development and claimed that more than 1500 teachers across the country were unqualified and underqualified in 2022. The minister earned herself another F for dropouts saying that 31.8% of learners leave school.

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Nodada also gave Motshekga another F for school safety and commented on the high number of violent crimes and murders that occurred in classrooms, according to TimesLIVE. He rated the minister a C in mother tongue education since improvements have been made to increase education in the subjects.

For the quality of education, Nodada gave Motshekga a D and said there was enough room for improvement. The shadow minister’s remarks came after the DA disputed the matric pass rate.

Despite Motshekga saying the matric pass rate was 80.1%, the DA said it was 54.6%. eNCA reported that the dropout rate was unaccounted for.

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Balebetse Seleka said:

“ANC is so obsessed with quantity instead of quality. The bucket toilets in rural schools, when are they going to be eradicated?”

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Junior Davis commented:

“The way they all fight each other, they're basically Grade RR.”

Thabo Tbose posted:

“Can they make one for John since he doesn't have matric?”

Reena Roy wrote:

“She just has a problem recognising figures over a thousand.”

Ankel Spha added:

“Can they make one for John Steenhuisen since he doesn't have a matric certificate? He should have something. Shame.”

Matric class of 2022 achieves 80.1% overall pass rate, all provinces show huge improvements

Briefly News also reported that the matric class of 2022 has every reason to be proud of themselves as they achieved an impressive 80.1% pass rate, which is a 3.7% improvement from the previous year's 76.4%.

The announcement was made on Thursday, January 19, by Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga who seemed very proud of the 2022 cohort.

According to SABC News, the Free State province led the pack once again with an overall pass rate of 88.5% which is an increase of 2.8% from the previous year.

Source: Briefly News